Mourinho also suggested Paul Pogba can have no excuses for his first half mistake that allowed Antonio Rudiger to score Chelsea's opening goal, as he insisted the French midfielder should not have lost his man in the penalty box. Sarri came to me, and said he would resolve it internally.

In an interview last weekend with a Belgian newspaper, Hazard named Mourinho as the one manager he would like to work with again.

"Don't do what everyone does and say 'it's Mourinho who does things.' I don't know his name, I don't need to know". They have both apologised to me, I accept.

Barkley equalized with one of the last kicks of the game, preserving Chelsea's unbeaten start to the season after nine games.